Introducing the 2011/12 ICAA Council

From left to right: Blair Nixon QC, FCA (President); Rob Quilley CA (Secretary-Treasurer); Gordon Panas CA (Councillor); Maureen Killoran LL.B (Public Member); Jason Berting CA (Councillor); Marilyn Kuntz CA (Vice President); Barth Bradley CA (Councillor); Curtis Palichuk CA (Councillor). Not pictured: Patrick Bieleny CA (Councillor), Reynold Tetzlaff CA (Councillor), and Royston Greenwood PhD (Public Member).

The Chartered Accountants of Alberta are pleased to introduce their 2011/12 governing council, which includes nine CAs and three public representatives (note: one public member position is currently vacant). Council serves the interests of the public and the profession, and is responsible for setting the profession’s strategic direction.

The ICAA Council was formally introduced at the ICAA’s Annual General Meeting, June 24 in Calgary.

More information about Council can be found in the ICAA website, or in the latest issue of Spotlight magazine.

Tee off in support of financial literacy

The CAEF's Playing it Forward golf tournament will be taking place at Calgary's McKenzie Meadows Golf Club on September 13.

Playing It Forward Golf Tournament
September 13, 2011
9:00 a.m. registration
10:00 a.m. shotgun start

McKenzie Meadows Golf Club
17215 McKenzie Meadows Drive SE
Calgary, AB T2Z 2T9

Pay it forward! Download the registration form and return it today to guarantee your spot in the Playing It Forward golf tournament.

ICAA launches new Employment Opportunities website

The ICAA has launched a new Employment Opportunities webpage to better serve CAs and CA students from Alberta and across Canada—as well as new and arriving Canadians and those training abroad—who are seeking employment.

“This is a huge step forward for our website, and, in turn, it will help foreign-educated accountants and other employment seekers take a similar step forward in their careers,” says Jane Halford ca, CEO & Executive Director of the ICAA. “I envision this webpage as a one-stop shop for current and future CAs looking for employment in Alberta.”

The creation of this free service was funded by a grant from the Government of Alberta’s Foreign Qualification Recognition Innovation Fund.

New CA Training Offices now onboard

The ICAA would like to congratulate the following organizations on recently being approved as CA Training Offices: Alberta Health Services, Deloitte (Enterprise Risk), Husky Energy, KPMG (Tax), MNP (Tax), and University of Calgary. They join other Alberta organizations already training CA students in the corporate or public sector. A complete list of these CA Training Offices is available at www.catrainingoffice.ca

To learn more about CA training opportunities, please contact Carly Roemer ca, Manager, CA Training Office Program at c.roemer@icaa.ab.ca.

ICAA accepting registrants for "Expanding your Communications Skills in the Canadian Business Culture"

The ICAA has opened registration for the Edmonton and Calgary offerings of “Expanding your Communications Skills in the Canadian Business Culture (Writing)” course. This course is designed for CA students, other accounting students and accountants whose first language is not English. It provides the opportunity for students to practice their English writing skills in a supportive environment while learning the basics of Canadian business culture. Seminar content was developed specifically for people in accounting by Language Education for Accounting Professionals (LEAP), a firm specializing in language training for accounting professionals.

This course will be followed with “Expanding your Communications Skills in the Canadian Business Culture (speaking)” in the spring of 2012. The ICAA would like to thank both the Government of Alberta’s Foreign Qualification Recognition Innovation Fund and Community Spirit Grant Program for support in launching these programs.

Each course includes eight three-hour sessions, starting on October 18. For more information, please email m.education@icaa.ab.ca, or call 1-800-232-9406 or 780-424-7391.

CAEF Academic Conference

From left to right: Mike Shaikh fca (CAEF Board of Governors), Loretta Amerongen fca, Stuart Jones ca, Carole Middleton ca, Joan Barlow ca, Valerie Kinnear ca, Jane Halford ca (ICAA CEO and CAEF Executive Director).

Held in Red Deer, the full day program included various sessions, a panel discussion and a keynote presentation from Marianne Gobeil of Leader Communications Inc. “We were very pleased with how the 2011 conference unfolded,” says Bob. “At the same time, we encourage educators to give us their feedback and ideas on how to make future conferences even better. The CAEF is committed to continuing these conferences annually because they provide educators and us with the perfect setting to stay connected and to learn about what our ‘two worlds’ have in common.”

During the conference, some of the 2010 CAEF Teaching Prize recipients were also recognized. The recipients are as follows: Lynn Sugden fcma (Grant MacEwan University), Joan Barlow ca and Valerie Kinnear ca (Mount Royal University), Carole Middleton ca (NAIT), Loretta Amerongen fca (University of Alberta), Stuart Jones ca (University of Calgary), and Allison Gerhardt ca and Douglas Kalesnikoff ca•ifa (University of Saskatchewan)

The next CAEF Accounting Academics Conference will be held in 2012.

Business Person of the Year nomination deadline approaching

The Chartered Accountants of Alberta are once again proud to partner with Alberta Venture and MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP in presenting the Alberta Business Person of the Year Award, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding business leadership in the province.

Nominations for the 2011 Alberta Business Person of the Year are now being accepted. Nominate a senior executive who exemplifies business savvy, leadership, innovation, passion and commitment to their community. The nomination deadline is September 6, 2011.

The nominee selected as the 2011 Alberta Business Person of the Year will be acknowledged for his/her achievements in an editorial spread in the December 2011 issue of Alberta Venture magazine and at an award luncheon attended by distinguished members of Alberta’s business community. The 2010 recipient was Don Lowry, CEO of EPCOR.

www.albertaCAs.ca

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta (ICAA) is the self-governing body which regulates approximately 12,000 Alberta CAs and CA students. The ICAA protects the public by setting the most rigorous qualification criteria, and establishing and enforcing the highest professional, ethical and practice standards. CAs play key roles within diverse segments of the economy, including public accounting, business, not-for-profit organizations, and government. Recognized internationally, the CA designation denotes superior financial expertise, strategic thinking, business insight and leadership.

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